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Title: My Wife's late season whitetail
Post by: DBHAWTHORNE on December 10, 2011, 09:57:26 PM: My wife killed this buck yesterday evening. The shot appeared to be a little far back and the blood was dark so I suspected a liver shot. We gave it a couple hours and I followed the blood trail 200 yards before deciding to back off and wait until today. After getting all the waypoints loaded into Google Maps we learned that this buck traveled nearly 700 yards and 400 meters of it was up a steep hill!! :yike: A good friend came out to help me track this morning. There were several points where confidence was at an all time low but we stuck with it. The last 20 yards of blood trail was very heavy...see pic below...it would have been nice to have that kind of blood trail the entire way! This is her fourth buck in four years of hunting. It is good to have some venison in the freezer. :IBCOOL:
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1210.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fcc413%2Fdbhawthorne%2FDSC_0065.jpg&hash=ce1a7db18f66e2eb9ff9160e03d8faebe5dad271)
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1210.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fcc413%2Fdbhawthorne%2FIMG_0445.jpg&hash=f2f212dc5c05962ab0b0d64ac5fb23632fb4173c)
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Post by: jnevs23 on December 10, 2011, 10:00:27 PM: Congrats on a nice buck. Way to stick with it.
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Post by: UptheCreek on December 10, 2011, 10:26:30 PM: Nice work!
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Post by: runningboard on December 10, 2011, 10:29:43 PM: wow! beauty! good job :tup:
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Post by: Turner89 on December 10, 2011, 10:39:06 PM: Nice buck :tup:
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Post by: Hunting7mm on December 10, 2011, 11:13:50 PM: Wahoooo!!!!! Nice buck!!!! Way to stick with the tracking. Been there on my hands and knees looking for a drop of blood more than once. Good job!!!! :tup:
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Post by: Biggerhammer on December 10, 2011, 11:17:14 PM: Well done, you have to love the snow when it comes to those type of hits. ;)
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Post by: norsepeak on December 10, 2011, 11:19:52 PM: Very nice buck, congrats. What bow is she shooting? My wife wants a bow this year.
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Post by: Arteman on December 10, 2011, 11:21:15 PM: Congrats to the wife, nice buck! :tup:
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Post by: Todd_ID on December 10, 2011, 11:54:09 PM: Congrats to her!!!! If only we could all be that lucky to have a wife that would think about hunting.
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Post by: PolarBear on December 11, 2011, 12:06:28 AM: Congratulations!
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Post by: BENCHLEG on December 11, 2011, 12:39:36 AM: :tup: :yike:i like it good job.
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Post by: JJB11B on December 11, 2011, 02:33:32 AM: congrats!
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Post by: carpsniperg2 on December 11, 2011, 02:42:45 AM: Congrats to her! A great looking buck :tup:
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Post by: 400out on December 11, 2011, 07:31:52 AM: Very nice buck again this year! and good thing you had snow to aid in the search ;) :tup:
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Post by: HornHoarder on December 11, 2011, 08:47:15 AM: Thats awesome DB tell the wife congrats. Now its your turn right?
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Post by: DBHAWTHORNE on December 11, 2011, 09:36:17 AM: Quote from: norsepeak on December 10, 2011, 11:19:52 PM
Very nice buck, congrats. What bow is she shooting? My wife wants a bow this year.

She is shooting a Mathews Z7 / 26 inch draw / 52#.
Title: Re: My Wife's late season whitetail
Post by: DBHAWTHORNE on December 11, 2011, 09:37:55 AM: Quote from: Biggerhammer on December 10, 2011, 11:17:14 PM
Well done, you have to love the snow when it comes to those type of hits. ;)

The snow helped tremendously. It was on a south facing slope and most of his movement was through open stuff with very patchy snow and it was definitely tougher in those areas.
Title: Re: My Wife's late season whitetail
Post by: DBHAWTHORNE on December 11, 2011, 09:40:43 AM: Quote from: HornHoarder on December 11, 2011, 08:47:15 AM
Thats awesome DB tell the wife congrats. Now its your turn right?

Hopefully. Right now I have a bunch of 3 1/2 year olds on camera. They have respectable P&Y class antlers but they just need a year or two to grow. I may go out and take a look at them on the hoof to see if I am misjudging their age. If I can find a good 4 1/2 or 5 1/2 year old then he is going down. I don't care what size antlers he has.
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Post by: DBHAWTHORNE on December 11, 2011, 08:49:03 PM: Quote from: Todd_ID on December 10, 2011, 11:54:09 PM
Congrats to her!!!! If only we could all be that lucky to have a wife that would think about hunting.

It is great! She is very passionate about hunting and for that reason we are able to spend countless hours in the field as a family.
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Post by: blackveltbowhunter on December 11, 2011, 09:05:29 PM: Congrats! Awesome buck and pics :tup:
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Post by: TeacherMan on December 11, 2011, 09:23:47 PM: wish my wife liked hunting like that :( Tell your wife congrats!
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Post by: buck man on December 11, 2011, 10:17:06 PM: Congrats to her :tup: your a lucky man. :)
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Post by: JLS on December 11, 2011, 10:52:59 PM: Very nice buck, congrats to her.
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Post by: C-Money on December 11, 2011, 10:54:04 PM: Congrats to your Wife! She sounds like quite a hunter, 4 for 4, that is great.
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Post by: Steve Jo on December 12, 2011, 12:18:51 AM: way to go!
And awesome job tracking it! great looking animal, love the tall rack!
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Post by: huntnnw on December 12, 2011, 05:32:13 PM: cant wait to see pics of yours ;)
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Post by: Camp David on December 12, 2011, 06:38:31 PM: Wow great buck. Nice job on tracking it :tup:
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Post by: DBZona on December 13, 2011, 09:00:18 AM: Congrats to your wife! Thats a beautiful buck! Is she gonna get this one mounted?
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Post by: DBHAWTHORNE on December 13, 2011, 10:02:16 PM: DB we are going to get Euro mounts of both are bucks.
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Post by: boldautumn on December 24, 2011, 08:01:46 PM: :hello: Thanks everyone... I really love to be out there. This year proved to be my hardest season yet. Making sure that I'm up in the tree stand every chance I get helps ensure a successful season.